蘋果改充電接口每年或損失百億利潤

Lightning接口誕生於 2012 年，支持正反插都可以正常工作，在當時，這一接口的推出無疑是一大進步。然而，十年後，在數據傳輸技術突飛猛進的今天，蘋果仍然在堅持使用這一接口。

近日，歐盟統一充電接口的新規，也讓蘋果站在了風口浪尖，因爲蘋果一直是統一充電接口的反對者。

蘋果給出的理由是，一是通過行政指令強制行業採用同一種充電規格將會阻礙創新，而更應該讓市場來選擇採用何種充電接口，多元的充電規格和協議後續可能會發展出更多、更先進的充電設備；二是環保，現有的Lighting配件與通用的標準不兼容，而目前市場上不同行業比如樂器調音外設、DJ 外設等音樂領域還有大量的外設設備，以及舊的蘋果存量設備，一旦切換新的充電接口，這些設備勢必會被拋棄，就有的充電設備也將面臨淘汰，對環境造成危害。

不過，更爲重要的是，單這條產業鏈就給蘋果帶來了巨大的利益，通過收取 MFi（Made For iOS）授權認證費，每年帶來的利潤可能超過百億元人民幣，這可能纔是最重要且更深層次的原因。

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